Filing appliance.



- H. J. HIUK.

I FILING APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED APB.30, 1309.-

Patented Oct. 18,1910.

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FILING APPLIANCE. APPLQIOATIOH FILED APR. 30, .1909.

Patented Oct. 18,1910,

3 suns-sum 8 v" u I Wifnmno anoentoz erence being UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE- HARRY J. HICK, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE McCASKEY REG-ISTER OOM- v IPANY, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, A. CORPORATION OF OHIO.

FILING APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18. 1910.

Application filed Aprfl 30, 1909. Serial No. 493,127.

of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filing Appliances, of which the following is a specification, refhad therein to the accompany ing drawings. T

This invention relates to a filing device, commonly known as a credit account appliiince, having a set of pivotally mounted eaves.

The invention is more particularly adapted for that type of appliance in which the lower edges of a set 0 eaves move forward when one or more of the leaves are operated from a substantially vertical to a substantially horizontal position. And the invention has for one of its objects in anappliance of this character to produce a combined guide and lock for the leaves, operating to lock the leaves together when they are in normal upright position and to move the upper edges of the leaves forward substantially the same distance as the lower edges of the leaves move forward when one or more of the leaves are .stantially horizontal ositlon.

A further object o the invention is to lock the rearmost leaf upright when all of the remaining leaves are moved downwardly or into the horizontal position.

In the following specification and "the accompanyifig drawings, I have described and illustrated the invention as applied to a appliance illustrating one application of my invention, the leaves'of theifii ng ctevicebeing in normal u right posltion. F g. 2 1s a" 1, but showlng some of view similar to the leaves recline to a substantlally horlzont-al position Fig 3 is aviewv similar.

to Figs. 1 and 2, but showin all of the leaves, exce t the rearmost lea reclined toa horizonta position. Lisa fra entary front view of the filing dBV1C8.- .1g'. 5

operated to a sub is a perspective view of the combined guide and ock.

In the drawings, 1 indicates as a whole a housing or casing, deskortion 1, and aback 1", formlnga suitab e support, as well as a closure, for a series of plvotally mounted leaves 2. The

which may comprise a series of leaves 2 comprises a front leaf 2,

a back leaf 2 and intermediate leaves 2.

3 indicates a pivotal support or supports for the. front leaf 2.

' 4 indicate devices for pivotally mounting and connectin the leaves together. When one or more of the leaves are operated from a substantially vertical to a substantially horlzontal position, the pivotal mounting and connecting devices e operate to move the lower ed es of'all the remaining upright leaves orwardly. 5 indicates as a whole counter-balancing devices .for the leaves. These devices may be of any Well-known orpreferred construction. If desired the counter balancin'g devices 5 maybe omitted-without affecting the operation of the leaves 2. v i

6 indicates the combined guiding and locking device for the leaves; This'device preferably comprises an arm 6 pivotally mounted on the .backl", and a flange or lip 6 arranged ator near its free end. The lower surface 6. of the arm is fiat and operates as the guide" surface for the up er edge 2 of the rear-. most leaf 2". Theeaf 2 may be provided This combined locking guide, "as shown in the drawings, is located in the casing at a" point between-the side edges or ends of the rearmost leaf as indicated in"Fig'. 4:, and,

when raised into operative position, slid 1 in any suitablemanner'with an anti-friction surface which will ride on the surface 6?.

most leafin its up and down movements,

and, asindicatedj in'Fig. 3, to positively hold it in upright'position when all of theleaves in front of it are reclined. The pivoting means for the arm. 6 preferably comprise a plate 7, adapted to be suitably secured to the back 1", and provided with .a pair-of. aperpin 7". v I u w 8 indicates-a stop preferably tured supports 7 arranged to receive'ajpivot,

carried the plate--7.:-The-stop 8- isarranged above per e ocking flange or lip 6".

. When the set of leaves 2 is in the supports 7" and is adapted to engagethe arm 6- on its upper side to limit themovement of the arm 6 upwardly.

stantially vertical, position, such as represented in Fig. 1, the the up er edges of the eaves 2 with theu (ige of the front leaf 2' behind t e front leaf 2" is provided with a lock en 'ag-.

-- ing bar 2"al'o ng its upper'edge which is eveled, as shown, tomake a durable coiiperating locking edge for the lip] 6. 'When' the leaves 2 and guide arm 6 are in this position the former are locked in their normal upright or vertical position. To release the leaves, the arm 6 is thrown upwardly by a sli ht inovement,.whereupon the leaves may eac beoperated or reclined from the vertical. When'the'front leaf 2" is reclined, it operates to move all the remaining leaves. bodily upwardly and simultaneously the lower" edges of the said leaves forwardly.

Bfy reason of this bodily u ward movenient o the remaining upright eaves, the guide arm is moved upwardly into an inclined position and in'engagement with the stop 8 which arrests its furtherupward movement; The arm 6' is maintained in this latter position, until the front leaf is returned to its normal position and so long as any of the leaves are turned down, as indicated in F' 2 where some of the leaves are recline and in Fig. 3 where all of the leaves except the rearmost leaf are reclined, the

' rearmost leaf at this time being positively held} in upright position, as hereinbefore stated and as shown in the figure last referredto. Q

When one or more of the intermediate leaves 2 are reclined fromthe vertical, similarly to the front leaf 2" it"will beunderstood that all of the remaining u right leaves are bodily'mo'ved upwardly an their lower edges forwardly. In this operation of one or more of the "leaves 2,the upper edg 2"of'the rearm'ost 1mm rides on the "flat guiding surface 6of the arm '6. As the arm 6 is inclined to the vertical it will operate to move theuppe'r edge 2, ar 1d the upper edge of each of theremain ng upright leaves, forwardl substantially the sa'medistance] that the ower ed e of each of'said leaves is moved it will t erefore be underthat each time a'leaf is from the vertical to ahorizontal position the-forwzird-mostdeaf of the remaining. u right leaveswill be. moved forward to su Stan-- tially, the' sa.me position occupied by the, last. leafreclined, and in position "for ready uprig and all of the in-.

accessando eration. v When the nt leaf 2 termediate leaves 2 are operated asabove describedthe rear leaf 2' is moved bodily upward into its most extreme position with normal, sub-.

ide arm 6" lies on Preferably the of a series of leaves when one or more of them are rec med, to s for locking its upper ide edge in engagement with the lock 6 w ere it is held or locked upright and can be moved neither forward r ac ward. It will therefor e n that the combined guide and lock device operates to en age the forward-most or front leaf and loc all the leaves in normal upright position, and when the frontand intermediate leaves are operated, to engage the rear leaf and prevent it from being reclined.

To those skilled in the art of making apparatus of the class described. many alterations in-constructionand widely differing embodiments and applications of my nvention will suggest themselves, without doparting from the spirit and scope thereof,

My disclosures and the description herein are purely illustrative, and are not intended.

to be in any sense limiting.

What I claim is; 1. A filing appliance comprisin a series of pivotally mounted leaves, an

when one or is e of the leaves are reclined to move the lowredges of the remaining upright leaves} forwardly, in combination with a combined guide and lock device for locking the leaves in'normal u ri ht position and, .when one or more 0 t e leaves are reclined, for guiding the upper edges of the remaining upright leaves forwardly.

2; Ina fihng appllianc'e, the combination aving means 0 crating,

the leaves together relatively to each other and operatingto move the lower edges of the remaining upright leaves forwardly when one or more 0 themare-reclined, a

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connecting the l eaves together and operat ng guide for the u per edge of. the rear leaf r ide of the series, an means carried by the all of the leaves in norma right. position.

4. In a filin appliance, the combination of a series of eaves, means forconnecting the leaves together relatively to each other and operating to move the lower edges of .the remaining upright leaves forwardly when one or more 0 them are reclined, a guide for the upper edge of the rear leaf of the series, .and means carried by the ide for looking all of the leavw in norma upright 'l position and for locking the rear leaf t when all of the leaves forward of the said rear leaf are reclined.

5. In a filing appliance, the combination,

of a, series of leaves, means for connecting the leaves together relatively to each other and operating to move the lower edges of the remaining upright leaves forwardly when one or more of them are reclined, and a combined guiding and locking device for guiding the upper edge of the rear leaf of the series and for looking all of the leaves in normal upright position. i

(3. In a filing appliance, the combination of a series of pivotally mounted leaves, and a combined pivotally mounted guide and lock device, for guidingthe upper edges of the leaves forwardly when one or more of them are reclined and for locking all of the leaves in normal upright position.

'7. In a filing appliance, the combination of a series of pivotally mounted leaves, and a combined pivotally mounted guide and lock device, for guiding the upper edges of the leaves forwardly when one or more of them are reclined and for engaging the front leaf of the series to look all of the leaves in normal upright position.

8. In a filing appliance, the combination of a series of pivotally mounted leaves, and means for locking the series of leaves in normal upright position and for locking the rear leaf upright when all of the leaves forward of the said rear leaf are operated.

f). A guide for a filing appliance having a series of pivotally mounted leaves, means for )ivotally supporting the said guide, and a locking means carried by the guide at or near its free end for locking the series of leaves in normal upright position.

10. A guide for a filing appliance having a series of pivotally mounted leaves, means for pivotally supporting the said guide, and a locking means carried by the guideat or near its free end for locking the series of leaves in normal upright position, and for engaging and locklng the rear leaf in upright position when all of the other leaves of theseries are operated.

11. In a filing appliance, the combination of a series of leaves, means permitting the said leaves to swing from a vertical position to a horizontal position and vice versa, and means automatically operating to look all the leaves in vertical position.

12. In a filing appliance, the combination of a series of leaves, means permitting the leaves to swing from a substantially ver tical to a substantially horizontal position and vice versa, and a locking guide with which the rearmost leaf has sliding engagement at a point between thetwo side edges or ends of the leaf, arranged and operatin to guide said rearmost leaf in its up and down movements, and topositively hold it in uprightposition when all of the leaves in front of it are reclined.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

. HICK.

Witnesses JOHN D. CATHON, J. E. GOLDSTEIN. 

